Featured Reports
Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
Eleanor Hume, Rowan Scarpino | October 23, 2024
Integration for Innovation
Michael Brown, Ellen Lord, Andrew Metrick, Robert O. Work | September 25, 2024
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Jacob Stokes, Evan Wright, Nathaniel Schochet | September 26, 2024
Building the Future Capital Campaign
May 22, 2024
Energy, Economics & Security
Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
Executive Summary The Biden administration has exceeded the Trump administration in the number of financial sanctions and entity-based export controls placed on Chinese person...
Defense
Integration for Innovation
Executive Summary In August 2023, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks made a clear case that the Department of Defense (DoD) must do better in “creat[ing] and exploit[i...
Indo-Pacific Security
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Executive Summary Closer cooperation between China and Russia is a major force driving global geopolitics. But how relations between the two authoritarian powers are shaping s...
Building the Future Capital Campaign
In a world awash with challenges, the demand for the Center’s work has never been greater than today. The new campaign will ensure that CNAS can fulfill its critical mission n...
HIGH STAKES
High Stakes: Preparing the Next President is a new election-year initiative to explore the most pressing national security issues that will face the next administration.
Indo-Pacific Security
The Axis of Upheaval
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
Leading the Free World
The United States has led the free world for eight decades, helping to usher in an era of unprecedented human flourishing. For much of that period, democracies expanded in num...
Middle East Security
Virtual Event | Confronting the Axis of Upheaval
Sep 20, 2024
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CNAS Launches New Initiative with Support from the Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation on “Realizing the Potential of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership”
Press Release
Washington, October 29, 2024 – The Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) Indo-Pacific Security Program is launching a new initiative to explore opportunities to elevate ...
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Bipartisan CNAS Task Force Calls for Renewed U.S. Commitment to Global Democracy
Press Release
Washington, October 28, 2024 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a report calling on Washington to reassert global leadership on democracy and huma...
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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A Million People Play This Video Wargame. So Does the Pentagon.
In The News
Warfare is changing at a pace unseen in almost a century, as fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East shows. For military commanders, tackling that upheaval demands fast and co...
By Becca Wasser
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Ukraine Allies Face Limited Options Over North Korea Troops
In The News
Russia’s decision to bring North Korean troops to shore up its war-weary forces has Ukraine’s allies realizing they have few options to respond without escalating the conflict...
By Richard Fontaine
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BRICS Membership Becomes a Way to Signal Non-Commitment
In The News
If the purpose of the BRICS group — originally Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is to amplify its members' global influence, it may be having some effect. Loom...
By Richard Fontaine
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A Million People Play This Video Wargame. So Does the Pentagon.
Warfare is changing at a pace unseen in almost a century, as fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East shows. For military commanders, tackling that upheaval demands fast and co...
By Becca Wasser
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To Focus on China, U.S. Needs to Wean off Europe and Middle East Missions
By Carlton Haelig
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The Evolution of Drones with Stacie Pettyjohn, Center for a New American Security
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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A Million People Play This Video Wargame. So Does the Pentagon.
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CNAS Launches New Initiative with Support from the Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation on “Realizing the Potential of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership”
Washington, October 29, 2024 – The Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) Indo-Pacific Security Program is launching a new initiative to explore opportunities to elevate ...
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“The Ayatollah Has No Clothes” – with Rich Goldberg and Richard Fontaine
By Richard Fontaine
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Ukraine Allies Face Limited Options Over North Korea Troops
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS Launches New Initiative with Support from the Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation on “Realizing the Potential of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership”
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Episode 7: Kate Kuzminski, CNAS
Kate Kuzminski is Deputy Director of Studies and Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). She is an expert on ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Army Ups Recruiting Goal to 61,000 Soldiers in 2025, an 11% Jump
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Army Is Giving All Soldiers a $240 Special Pay While Deployed
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Episode 7: Kate Kuzminski, CNAS
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Ukraine Allies Face Limited Options Over North Korea Troops
Russia’s decision to bring North Korean troops to shore up its war-weary forces has Ukraine’s allies realizing they have few options to respond without escalating the conflict...
By Richard Fontaine
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Russia and the Rise of BRICS
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Kate Johnston
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Why the Pentagon is Betting Big on Long-Range Ukrainian Drones: ‘It Works’
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Ukraine Allies Face Limited Options Over North Korea Troops
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“The Ayatollah Has No Clothes” – with Rich Goldberg and Richard Fontaine
Richard Fontaine is CEO of the Center for American Security, joins Call Me Back to assess the threat FROM Iran and the threat TO Iran. Listen to the full episode on Call Me ...
By Richard Fontaine
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How Israel Tries to Destroy Hezbollah’s Financial Network
By Jonathan Lord
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What Does Yahya Sinwar’s Death Mean for the War in Gaza?
By Jonathan Lord
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“The Ayatollah Has No Clothes” – with Rich Goldberg and Richard Fontaine
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BONUS: Comparing China Sanctions Under Trump and Biden
Join Emily Kilcrease and researcher Eleanor Hume to discuss the latest edition of CNAS's Sanctions by the Numbers series, examining how the U.S.'s sanctions policy on China ha...
By Emily Kilcrease & Eleanor Hume
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How Donald Trump Could Undermine the U.S. Dollar
By Edward Fishman
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
By Eleanor Hume & Rowan Scarpino
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BONUS: Comparing China Sanctions Under Trump and Biden
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Noteworthy: “Memorandum on Advancing the United States’ Leadership in Artificial Intelligence”
By Paul Scharre, Vivek Chilukuri, Geoffrey Gertz, Bill Drexel, Janet Egan, Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante, Sam Howell, Michael Depp, Caleb Withers, Noah Greene, Ruby Scanlon & Morgan Peirce
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The U.S. National Security Memorandum on AI: Leading Experts Weigh In
By Bill Drexel
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Military AI Drones Could Take Over Future Warfare, Experts Warn
By Samuel Bendett
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Noteworthy: “Memorandum on Advancing the United States’ Leadership in Artificial Intelligence”
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Countering Election Falsehoods: Lessons from the Hurricanes
Give people the information they need to make an informed decision, and give it to them straight....
By Carrie Cordero
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How to Stop Rogue States Like Russia from Interfering in Our Politics
By Richard Fontaine
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Geopolitical Doomscrolling
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Carrie Cordero
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Countering Election Falsehoods: Lessons from the Hurricanes
